With his long black curls, a shadowy family tree, and an affinity for pet spiders, James Matthew bears little resemblance to his starched-collar, blue-blooded peers at Eton. Dubbed King Jas, he stops at nothing to become the most notorious underclassman in the prestigious school's history. For James, sword fighting, falling in love with an Ottoman Sultana, and challenging the Queen of England are all in a day's skullduggery. But when he sets sail on a ship with a mysterious mission, King Jas's dream of discovering a magical island quickly turns into an unimaginable nightmare.
How did Peter Pan's nemesis become the evil pirate captain of Neverland? Putting a new spin on the J.M. Barrie story, screenwriter J.V. Hart tells the story of the raven-haired bastard son of an English lord, his expulsion from Eton, his thwarted love, and his first adventure at sea. John Keating's narration captures the ambiance of Eton in its elegant formality. In addition, Keating ably switches his manner to embody characters that are high and mighty, snide and deceitful, sad and tortured. CAPT. HOOK is an engaging story full of moral ambiguity and high adventure that will have listeners of all ages hooked. S.E.S. (c) AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine
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